Eijsermans family tree » Johannes Jacobus van Dongen (± 1942-1943)

Day of death January 22, 1943

• The temperature on January 22, 1943 was between 7.1 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 18 » World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
  • February 27 » The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
  • March 2 » World War II: Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
  • June 4 » A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
  • September 10 » World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome.
  • December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1931 » László Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1949 » William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1950 » Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American athlete (b. 1892)